Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphate Levels on Forage Yield and Quality of Maize Varieties and Teosinte

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out during the kharif seasons of 1971–73 at Anand to identify a suitable variety of maize or teosinte for the region and to determine its manurial requirements for optimum forage yield. Nitrogen was applied at 0, 40, 80 and 120 kg/ha, while phosphorus was applied at 0, 30 and 60 kg/ha. Among the four maize varieties and one teosinte variety tested, teosinte variety T-1 recorded the maximum green forage, dry matter and crude protein yields of 465, 101 and 7.9 q/ha, respectively, followed by Ganga Safed-2. The varieties Ganga-5, Farm Sameri and Ganga-5 (F-2) performed